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Esparanza Arsonist Sentenced to Death

By Walin & Klarich

Commentary On the Conviction by a Wallin & Klarich Homicide Criminal Defense Attorney Raymond Lee Oyler was sentenced to death on June 6, 2009, according to a published report on the LA Times website. Oyler was convicted of setting the Esparanza blaze in 2006, which claimed the lives of 5 firefighters. Oyler was convicted March 6, 2009 of five counts of first-degree murder in California, 20 counts of arson, and 17 counts of using an incendiary device. A jury at that time called for the death penalty. In handing down his sentencing, Riverside County Superior Court Judge W. Charles Morgan indicated that Oyler had set out to ?create havoc?. "He became more and more proficient. He knew young men and women would put their lives on the line to protect people and property, yet he continued anyway...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on July 21, 2009 (boomark / email).